Michele Bachmann: Obama Led Spending "Orgy," Government "Spent Its Wad" (VIDEO)

Rep. Michele Bachmann is on a roll. Less than a week after suggesting a link between the swine flu outbreak and Democratic control of the U.S. government, the Minnesota Republican penetrated a heretofore unseen zone of weirdness and accused the Obama administration of premature fiscal ejaculation.

On Saturday, May 2, Bachmann delivered a rally speech in which she said the administration had engaged in an "orgy" of spending and that the government "spent its wad" too early. The previous administration, she noted, hadn't spent its wad until early August.

"During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy. It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed," Bachmann said. She then told the crowd that April 26 was National Debt Day, which conservatives commemorate as the moment government spending outpaces revenue. As Bachmann explains, "The government spent its wad by April 26. Every dime government spends after April 26 throughout the rest of this fiscal year is borrowed money."

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[kareemachan]

Such words from a supposedly Christian woman...

[swift goat pet for truth]

Now that she's in my life, I cannot imagine it without her.

[sb250guy]

What does a GOP smorgasbord look like? Yikes!

[RationalityPlease]

Don't you know?
A feast for the Greediest Class and crumbs for the rest of us.

[aznurse]

Now Palin is going to do something to get Bachmann out of the "limelight". It's a very odd competion, but they both do wave the same way.

[Vance1]

As if costs weren't high enough already, now American businesses and users of energy -- nearly everyone -- would have to pay more for the right to use energy. One of the bill's main advocates, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., estimates the cost of these permits at $6.7 trillion by 2050. The federal government is estimated to directly receive $3.32 trillion, with $3.42 trillion in permits sold by other parties. American consumers will still pay the full $6.7 trillion tab.

Government, naturally, already has plans to spend this kitty, such as $342 billion for international aid, $288 billion for "wildlife adaptation," and the list goes on.

[Koolmorning]

She never sizes to amaze!

I love that woman! Just like Kathryn Harris.
First you hate them, but then you learn to love them!

They're just too damn good at what they do. Little insane, but really really good crap.
Thank you Minnesota.

[Malcom Kardashian]

No, she never does size to amaze you. She might seize to amaze you, but never size to.

[BarackstarObama]

Come on now, seriously?

[Decipherer]

Sure, what we citizens need more of in our elected representatives is insanity. Good one.

Let's try this idea on for size: People we elect should be competent, focused on their constituents and not some sort of partisan advantage, and they should listen to us. And then if they fail, we throw them out.

Work for you?

[SSF]

Does Michelle secretly wish her last name was "Obama"?

[Koolmorning]

She said she will not kiss him.

[SSF]

Well , that still leaves many options....

[VoodooDoll]

she should be so lucky

[BillMelater]

Please tell me she didn't say that. This woman has absolutely no class.

[commonsense79]

All i heard was criticism and no solutions. What is it with the GOP and their literacy? No wonder they don't like the teleprompter, the words are moving to fast for them to keep up with.

[BillMelater]

You won''t hear any solutions from them either. Because they do not want any solutions to any of these problems we face. They want President Obama to fail. Providing solutions to problems won't do that.

[DavidBlackburn]

Shouldn't we have some type of IQ test before people can run for a government office?

[xrepublican]

How about for voters? it's sad how readily manipulated some are..... scream God and Guns and warn about Gays and you've got someone like Bachmann elected......

at least Bush stole the Presidency, the voters aren't completly to blame for him.....

[v eyepete]

AMEN! This woman is the victim of the Reagan era cuts in education. The good people of Minnesota need to get up off their couches and go out and vote, because the people who did vote must have been the victim of Republican cuts to education also.

[sassafra]

what is *wrong* with the gop??? it's truely puzzling me now. the *quality* of the people who spring up fleetingly, whack-a-mole style, to represent, if only for a moment, the party. is abysmal at best, and bowel-wrenchingly pathetic at worst.
look at them; bachmann, steele, rush , gingrich, mitt...palin
**facepalms**
what is wrong with these people.....

[smchp]

Some things in life cannot be answered.

[kareemachan]

But they still puzzle us and leave us shaking our heads in disbelief....

[Galvanized Democrat]

lol...luv the 'whack-a-mole' analogy...still laughing.

[TurkerB]

They're trying to reach their base (the pre-Neanderthal one).

[senseandnonsense]

While surfing, please believe me, I happened on MIchele Bachmann on Hannity. Hannity was telling her what a great job she's doing and that "we" love you. She thinks she's doing great! Let's also keep in mind that after appearing on Hardball in October, she claimed she didn't know what kind of show it was... So she's on a mission. Maybe she wants to be President or Sarah Palin's VP? Now that would be a Republican election made in heaven.

[Misante]

WTH???????

[louden]

I will be watching her next election with baited breath...

[newleaf]

dang, I just learned what teabagging was, now I suppose there's some hidden meaning about smorgasbord I gotta learn.

gawd, she talks like a middle-school boy.

[portwes]

This bloody lady has a bloody headline every bloody day! How does she bloody do it?

Can editors not resist running a Bachmann story every day? Is it her looks? Is it the Palin effect (the stupider you sound, the more likely you are to get press coverage)?